Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction Third Class with Swords

Third Class with Swords

(Club Automobilistico Italiano Reale)

circumscribed by an inscription of “GESTIFTET VOM REICHSPRÄSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932” (“FOUNDED BY REICHSPRÄSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932”)

Resting upon the shoulders are two boards constructed of a thick pink wool base bearing four rows of twisted silver aluminum bullion wire in an interwoven pattern

on a silver gilt cross with swords and wreath

Germany, Heer. A Pair of Award Documents to Oberst Hans Messinger, German Cross in Gold Recipient Auction Third Class with Swords(Heer Urkundengruppe fr einen Deutsches Kreuz in Gold Trger). A pair of award documents to later Oberst Hans Messinger, a decorated First World War serviceman and recipient of the German Cross in Gold (20 May 1944), the latter achieved while serving with artillery units during the Second World War, including: 1. One for a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, awarded to Messinger a Major of Schwerer Artillerie Ersatz Abteilung 97, dated 24 December